EFSB playing time.

I know how fast I can play a game, and most of the people I play with can play
at the same speed (the fact that two of them are Phd's should not enter into
the equation).

My question is to help me plan for a convention game with complete
strangers. My plan is for two (2), two and a half (2 1/2) hour battles
with four players each. The first calls for an EF civil war fight between
equal sides with a Omega and Hyperion with full fighter loads on each sides.
(using Brendan Robertson's system, that's 1480 points per side. The second
battle two allow 4 new players to play is between the Narns and the Centauri.
The Centauri have a Primus and a Vorchan plus three extra fighter groups(1892
points). The Narn have a G'quan and T'loth(?) (1920 points).

Is this plan workable?. Would I be better off with a single larger battle with
no change over time (maybe 2500 to 3500 points per side)? By my way of
thinking, the two smaller battle will run quicker then one large battle.

I like the idea of two battles. Everytime I've played FT it only takes a
couple of hours. I think (if they're new players) everyone will be itching to
play a second time so they can see if they figured out the
rules/
can kick butt in the next game.

Did you email GeoHex? I sent email to Jose, the miniatures coordinator, about
having all our tables together.

> At 04:23 PM 7/21/98 -0700, you wrote:

Whoa - sorry, thought Scott had written that message straight to me!

> At 09:21 PM 7/21/98 -0700, you wrote: